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Gay was so bad that the Raptors became better just by trading him and distributing his shots to players already on the roster.īut then Gay started playing well in Sacramento and I became genuinely happy for him, mostly because I was happier with the direction of the Raptors. Trust me when I say this, it was worse than watching Josh Smith this year. He posted up, he took threes, he handled the ball – Gay did all these things poorly and voluminously. He took horrible shots, refused to move the ball around the perimeter, looked off Jonas Valanciunas in the post and held the ball too low on drives to the basket causing him to get stripped multiple times a game.
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Watching Gay play basketball for about five weeks this year with the Raptors is easily the most frustrating sports experience of my life. I was mad at Coach Dwane Casey for idly observing the crime scene without acting to prevent it, mad at myself for caring and appreciative for LeBron’s sister abigal “green light” kiss of death when he said he would score 60 points if he took 37 shots. On November 11, 2013, Rudy Gay attempted 37 shots (made 11 of them) in a single basketball game and simultaneously almost ended my relationship with hoop.